PETA takes chicken killing to Outback

2006-04-26
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  • Outback Steakhouse Outback Steakhouse Inc. had a showdown with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals at its annual shareholders meeting, held Tuesday at the A La Carte Pavilion in Tampa.

    PETA, which owns 80 shares of Outback (NYSE: OSI), wants the company's suppliers to begin moving toward using a method called controlled-atmosphere killing by which the chickens are put to sleep. The process is already being used in approximately one-fourth of the European slaughterhouses, said Matt Prescott, spokesman for PETA.

    "We're asking for a feasibility study now, not immediate implementation," Prescott said.

    Prescott read a statement at the meeting asking Outback to consider PETA's resolution on controlled-atmosphere killing.

    The resolution was a center of controversy, as Outback fought to exclude it from the meeting agenda.

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    Source - Tampa Bay Business Journal

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